Zaine Pierre (born 21 September 1993) is a Saint Lucian former international

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who played as a

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Club career

Born in

Dennery Dennery District is one of 10 districts (formerly Quarters) of the Caribbean island nation of Saint Lucia. The seat of Dennery District is the Dennery Village. The main economic activities are fishing, and the cultivation of lima beans, ba ...

, Pierre began his career with Vieux Fort and Square United. On 24 February 2010, he joined TT Pro League club

W Connection W Connection Football Club is a football club from Trinidad and Tobago, which currently plays in the TT Pro League. The club plays its home games at the Manny Ramjohn Stadium in Marabella. The club's offices are based at the Point Lisas Industria ...

. He made his debut for Trinidadian club

on 20 September 2010. Earlier that month, Pierre had gone on trial with English team

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. Pierre has also trialled with English clubs

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and

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, and has attracted attention from a number of Spanish sides. In August 2011, Pierre went on trial with Italian club

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, signing for them in April 2012. On 19 January 2014, Pierre was called up to the Genoa senior squad for the first time in a match against Inter Milan. He spent loan spells at

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and

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, before returning to

for the 2015–16 season.

International career

Pierre made his senior debut for

Saint Lucia Saint Lucia ( acf, Sent Lisi, french: Sainte-Lucie) is an island country of the West Indies in the eastern Caribbean. The island was previously called Iouanalao and later Hewanorra, names given by the native Arawaks and Caribs, two Amerindian ...

in 2010, and has played in FIFA World Cup qualifying matches for them.

International goals

:''Scores and results list Saint Lucia's goal tally first.''

References

1993 births Living people People from Dennery Quarter Saint Lucian men's footballers Saint Lucia men's international footballers Square United players W Connection F.C. players Genoa CFC players ACR Messina players ASD Real Agro Aversa players TT Pro League players Serie C players Men's association football midfielders Saint Lucian expatriate men's footballers Saint Lucian expatriate sportspeople in Trinidad and Tobago Expatriate men's footballers in Trinidad and Tobago Saint Lucian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Italy NK Novigrad players Expatriate men's footballers in Croatia Saint Lucia men's youth international footballers {{SaintLucia-footy-bio-stub